Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-11
FLORIDA.

{. B. White, of Volusia. last week
picked 1850 oran ges from a 5-year-old
tree.
From his Ridgewood grove W. Il. Bal
Tough has sold $1,000 worth net OF Or
anges.
Key Vests building boom is on the in
crease. over eighty cottages are now
going up.
MIR. Tysen, OF Smithvllle, Ga, is now on
Indian river looking out for location for
newspaper.
S. J. Ellison, Archie Beggs and William
Carter. all OF Madison. killed three fine
deer in the northern edge OF San Pedro
last Friday.
Mr.. Kessley, of Point Pinellas, shot an
eignt-ioot alligator last week, but horse
did nearly as we'll last Sunday, jumping
on and disabling one 51a feet long.
the Senate bill pensiOning Barbale
Thebaut, of Florida, a soldier in the Flor
ida Seminole wars Of 1919 and 1870, has
been taVorably reported in the House.
Genovar's Hall at st. Augustine 10 a
thing of the past. The stage and scenery
have been removed and the premises will
hereafter be used for storage purposes.
The Young folks OF Tallahassee have
arranged with the proprietor of the Leon
Tor series Of seven balls during the
winter season. The first was given Thurs
day night.
The City Fathers OF Key West have
granted an exclusive charter TO Huslsen-
kamp, Knight, Moreno and others for
thirty years, TO erect water works and
supply tGe city with water.
Senator Colquitt has offered an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill providing for
a superintendent OF life saving stations
and houses Of refuge on the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts Of Florida.
9. L. Billings, for a long time an at
tache Of the Louisville Courier, and more
recently connected with the Sanford Al
gus, VIII IN future take charge of the
Tampa Journals news and job Offices.
Walter Wilson was killed at Auburn
dale saturday night by sam 7. Fletcher.
An inquest was held and the jEy re-
turned a verdict that the killing was done
in sell-deiense. Irwin Wilson, brother
OF the dead man, was badly wounded at
the same time.
A wild boar was killed in Rice creek
swamp, near Palatka. few days ago.
The hog weighed more than 800 pounds,
and was killed by Jimmie Gr0oms. The
Jusks were about inches long, aud shows
Just what a Florida razor-back can do
when given the freedom of the swamps.
Thursday young Mr.. Fenton, the owner
of the squire grove at Buffalo Bluff, was
the victim of an accident that will prOba-
bly, cost him one or his eyes. He and
boy were engaged in picking oranges
from tree, the boy having an open knife
10 his hand, with which he was cutting
the oranges from the limb. In some way
the blade was thrust into the eve of Mr..
Fenton, INJECTING very painful wound
and probably destroying the sight of the
eye.
4 special meeting Of the City Council
OF 81. Augustine was held Friday TO con-
slider the matter of bonding the city's
credit in order to carry out such needed
improvements as a system OF sewerage,
wafer works and street paVements. Ac-
cording to the State law the city cannot
bond itself to an amount in excess OF )
per cent. OF its assessed valuation IN any
one year. This would place at the dis
pOsal OF the Council $4,000 for the cur
rent year.
Arrangements have been made by Capt.
j. 4. Lesley, w. n. Conoley and Robert
A. jackson to establish an extensive svs.
TEN OF electric lights for Tampa. A repre-
sentative OF these gentlemen went North
on Saturday last to purchase the requisite
plant and machinery for 500 incandescent
lights OF the Westinghouse patent ana 80
arc lights of theAmerlcau cOmpany's man
ufacture. The work will be put in opera
tion az soon as the plant and machinery
arrive. which will be within the next few
DAYS. The rates Tor the service supply
have not yet been absolutely determined,
but they will be about as follows: For
the incandesCent lights &c. an hour each,
or loo. each tor an entire nights service:
for the arc lights from soc. to 75c. night
each. The above prices will be subject to
modification, according to length OF con-
tract and amount Of service contracted
for.